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Dagen H posted:As much as I want to see an F150 repair thrash in the spirit of the van, I think the Volvo is the better option. I think the rental 3 series is the best.
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bolind posted:Sometimes your travel insurance covers this too. Definitely look into that before paying the full LDW price. Many of the rental car covers with ccs and travel inusrance cover only your car. So if you hit someone or get injured, you're out of pocket. Read the fine print. Also make sure you get a card that shows you have insurance, showing a cop your credit card when you get pulled over won't go well.
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Aug 10, 2016 16:24
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Noise Complaint posted:It's an extended cab, 4x4, and the tires I have for it are oversize super aggressive AT's... with white letters. Bench seats, also. When I visited Tasmania for 4 months a few years ago, I bought the "Most Stereotypically Australian Car" I could find for my budget. Made in Australia, designed by Australians, hell mine even had a Founding Myth to go with it. But I named my Ford Falcon Ute "Missed It By One" when every Australian I met and asked about *Most Australian Car* said "Holden Commodore Ute". Take the F150. Slap anyone who tries to tell you Chevy or Dodge are somehow more emphatically 'Murican.
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Aug 10, 2016 18:20
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ExecuDork posted:Slap anyone who tries to tell you Chevy or Dodge are somehow more emphatically 'Murican.
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Aug 10, 2016 18:30
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I think it's the other way round.
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Aug 10, 2016 18:31
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nm posted:I'd be careful with both this and the cc. Minimum liability coverage must be provided by the rental company. I doubt he has to much to worry about in regards to a runnaway civil suit in the US as he can just go back to Australia in that case.
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Aug 10, 2016 18:43
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I also have $5m in personal liability coverage from my travel insurance, so I'm good on that front. I'm renting a "Camaro SS or equivalent" from Avis using the USAA code, picking it up tomorrow, gonna hang onto it for 3 weeks. Got a few destinations in mind to hit, gonna try to make it to https://www.virginiacityhillclimb.com/ with Tremek depending on timing. May be in Orlando saturday night/sunday morning to watch the JCSAT-16 SpaceX launch. Yes this means rental camaro donuts at NEAI  After that due to some stuff going on at home I may have to go back home early, so depending on how that pans out over the next week or two I'll make my plans for post-sept-1st.
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literally a fish posted:Yes this means rental camaro donuts at NEAI Swap the wheels front to back before you do that. Burn the poo poo out of them and swap them back... nobody'll check the front tires for wear.
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Aug 10, 2016 19:58
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literally a fish posted:I also have $5m in personal liability coverage from my travel insurance, so I'm good on that front. You're going to do 2000 miles in under a week? Better hope the Camaro has comfortable seats!
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Aug 10, 2016 20:35
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literally a fish posted:I also have $5m in personal liability coverage from my travel insurance, so I'm good on that front. Why didn't you say you were coming to Orlando? You can drive my van around so you can still get the conversion van experience 
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Aug 10, 2016 21:05
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Wrar posted:(depending on how tall Fish is) Fish is very tall, at least compared to me.
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Aug 10, 2016 21:07
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Ozmiander posted:You're going to do 2000 miles in under a week? Better hope the Camaro has comfortable seats! pshhh, that's only like 300 miles a day.
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Aug 10, 2016 21:30
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I was gonna say, I drive 200-300 a day for work... in a Saturn. I would hope Bitchin Camaro seats are a bit more supportive.
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Aug 10, 2016 21:33
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Ha, a Camaro? Should feel right at home in that rebodied Commodore
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Ha, a Camaro? Should feel right at home in that rebodied Commodore I'll quietly replace the Chevy badges with Holden ones and rebadge it "Monaro"
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Ozmiander posted:You're going to do 2000 miles in under a week? Better hope the Camaro has comfortable seats! I doubt the camaro seats are gonna be whats hurting his butt after NEAI 
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literally a fish posted:I also have $5m in personal liability coverage from my travel insurance, so I'm good on that front. If you take a really hosed up route to/from Orlando and end up in East TN let me know. I'll take you out in some German muscle cars
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meatpimp posted:Swap the wheels front to back before you do that. Burn the poo poo out of them and swap them back... nobody'll check the front tires for wear. Edit: I may be wrong re: the fronts not fitting. The more I think about it the offset for the fronts would allow for bigger calipers, and I'm sure the rear has smaller calipers, so this might actually work so long as the rears can also fit the front (which I think they might.) Tremek fucked around with this message at 03:22 on Aug 11, 2016 |
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Well, if it's a '16 it will share platforms with the ATS. Glad you found something that works 
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Wrar posted:Well, if it's a '16 it will share platforms with the ATS. Shhhh, don't take away his Holden pride
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SouthsideSaint posted:I doubt the camaro seats are gonna be whats hurting his butt after NEAI I'm not going, he's safe.
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Aug 11, 2016 16:00
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"We got rid of our last Camaro a few weeks ago... Would you like an EcoBoost mustang and a discount?" Why yes. Yes I would. 
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literally a fish posted:"We got rid of our last Camaro a few weeks ago... Would you like an EcoBoost mustang and a discount?" Square setup, front tire burnouts can commence.
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Aug 11, 2016 17:51
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Fish, I'm planning on stopping in Philly on the drive up for a taste of the 4 major "homes of the cheesesteak." You in? (Pat's, Geno's, Jim's, and Tony Luke's) I figure 3+ goons can split 4 cheesesteaks and not die.
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Aug 11, 2016 19:42
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I am ok with this, though I can't eat very much since the surgery.
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Aug 11, 2016 20:43
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literally a fish posted:I am ok with this, though I can't eat very much since the surgery. Yeah. I figure we buy one at each and split it among whoever is in our... 
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Aug 11, 2016 20:54
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When is the convoy? I live 20 mins south of philly but I have to work Friday so I wouldn't be coming up until friday night or saturday morning. Also I like pats the best, and tony lukes the least.
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Aug 11, 2016 21:31
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Thursday am, aiming to get to Philly around lunch, then look at traffic and decide which way we want to go through/around NYC (GW Bridge, TappenZee, or further north on Doodletown/Newburg)The northernest route only adds an hour or so and it looks like there are some gorgeous/fun roads in that area.
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Aug 11, 2016 22:55
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The Tappanzee is the way to go for sure. I never even mess with the NYC route. Usually NJP to exit 10 which is 287/87 to 84. Worth not being stuck in traffic and endless potholes. That and I think the GWB is at least 8 bucks now.
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Aug 11, 2016 23:36
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 This is exactly the amount of wank I want from my rental car.
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toplitzin posted:Thursday am, aiming to get to Philly around lunch, then look at traffic and decide which way we want to go through/around NYC (GW Bridge, TappenZee, or further north on Doodletown/Newburg)The northernest route only adds an hour or so and it looks like there are some gorgeous/fun roads in that area. I'll miss you then. I'll be around, but at work until 4. Still deciding if I want to brave traffic on friday night or drive up early saturday morning.
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Fart Pipe posted:The Tappanzee is the way to go for sure. I never even mess with the NYC route. Usually NJP to exit 10 which is 287/87 to 84. Worth not being stuck in traffic and endless potholes. That and I think the GWB is at least 8 bucks now. I was thinking even further north because Hudson valley roads on a summer afternoon sounds pretty fun. Plus with Fish having a mustang and my s60R those roads should be a hoot. And camera.
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Pats for life. gently caress Geno's. And definitely skip the GW bridge, the parkways can be very nice. The bridges over the Merritt are awesome, and the Taconic is good for a laugh.
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I love the Merritt bridges. Never had an issue with the GW Bridge somehow, and it's fun seeing all the landmarks.
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literally a fish posted:This is exactly the amount of wank I want from my rental car. You should also set the dash/door-sill/interior light color to pink and light blue, for that "My Little Ponycar" feeling. At least for when you return it.
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I'm thinking this:
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That's the better way to get there, 95 in Jersey will be kind of crappy but manageable, from what I recall. 95 north out of NYC is TERRIBLE. At least going North will be a bit better, since 90% of the traffic will be going South/East to The Shore.
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That's the way I come back from New Jersey when I visit family. Do not under any circumstance take 95. You're taking Rt. 2 all the way to Lebanon, however. I'm right off of exit 22 on Rt. 2
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Alarbus posted:That's the better way to get there, 95 in Jersey will be kind of crappy but manageable, from what I recall. 95 north out of NYC is TERRIBLE. I can move the route a smidge west and take the Garden State Parkway instead. edit: tweaked - https://goo.gl/maps/hnBM61i2dWT2 toplitzin fucked around with this message at 15:00 on Aug 12, 2016 |
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Adiabatic posted:I love the Merritt bridges. Never had an issue with the GW Bridge somehow, and it's fun seeing all the landmarks. The Merritt is a freaking raceway. I've never been on a road that small with people going that fast.
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